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“Space has always been a very political environment, because it’s so directly connected to the military and national prestige,” says Green, the author of “Space Ethics,” a comprehensive introduction to the ethics of interplanetary exploration and use. “So it doesn’t surprise me that the space station has become political. But it’s unfortunate because it was such a good point of cooperation between Russia and the United States for so long.”

Brian Green, director of technology ethics, interviewed by Santa Clara University's Illuminate.